Typing test in your terminal
To just install typer simply use this command:
go install github.com/maaslalani/typer@latest
To begin a typing test simply type typer. This will generate random words for you to type and show you your WPM score.
typer
To change the length of the typing test, use the --length flag.
typer -l 20
To set min word length, you can use --min-word-length flag.
typer --min-word-length 5
There is no maximum value, but anything below 1 will count as no min length.
You can use Monkeytype as a source of words, just pass -m, --monkeytype flag,
by default it'll use english dictionary, you can change that by adding --monkeytype-language string flag.
typer -m --monkeytype-language code_go
see: monkeytype/languages/_list.json
If you want to provide your own text, you can pass in a file name with the --file flag. The typing test will use the contents of the specified file.
typer -f filename.txt
You can also pipe data by stdin.
echo 'Text from stdin!' | typer
There is basic theme support, theme should be saved in config file (default $HOME/.typer.yaml) and should look similar to this default theme:
theme:
#file: /an/absoulute/path/to/the/theme.yaml # if set, it will ignore everything below
bar:
color: '#4776E6' # basic color of the progressbar
#gradient: '#ff0000' # if passed, will generate a gradient from previous color to this one
graph:
# see: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/guptarohit/asciigraph#AnsiColor
# see: https://github.com/guptarohit/asciigraph/blob/master/color.go#L152-L292
color: blue # does not use rgb but rather ANSI codes
height: 3 # height of the graph
text:
error: # color when misspelled
background: '#f33'
foreground: '#fff'
typed: # color when character have been typed
foreground: '#fff'
#background: '#000' # optional, default theme does not add background
untyped: # color when still haven't been typed
foreground: '#555'
#background: '#000' # optional, default theme does not add background
